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Ministry of Rural Development
Revamp of Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana
76.9% of total beneficiaries have been sanctioned houses
1.74 crore houses have been completed
The Ministry is taking various steps to increase the pace of house sanction & completion to achieve the targets by March 2024
In order to achieve the target of “Housing for All” in rural areas, the Ministry of Rural Development is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin  with effect from 1st April, 2016 to provide assistance to eligible rural households with overall target to construct 2.95 crore pucca houses with basic amenities by March, 2024. Out of the total target of 2.95 crore houses, a target of 2.62 crore  houses has been allocated to the States/UTs, 2.27 crore  beneficiaries have been sanctioned houses by the States/UTs, 1.74 crore houses have been completed as on 9.3.2022.
The Ministry is taking various steps to increase the pace of house sanction & completion and achievement of the targets by March 2024. Some of which are as under:
- Timely allocation of targets to the States/UTs.
- Micro monitoring of house sanction and completion using latest PMAY-G Dashboard and other IT tools & technologies.
- Regular review by Minister/ Secretary/ Additional Secretary and Joint Secretary.
- Focus on completion of those houses where 3rd or 2nd installment of funds has been released.
- Separate review of States with high targets and sub-par performance.
- Timely release of funds to the States/UTs and follow up with the States for onward release.
- Continuous follow-up with States / UTs on providing land to landless beneficiaries.
The following steps are being taken by the Ministry to clear the bottlenecks in the implementation of PMAY-G:
- Monitoring on various parameters like gaps in sanction and completion of houses to ensure timely completion of houses.
- Timely release of central share and state matching share from treasury to SNA.
- Regular follow ups with the states to ensure provision of land to landless beneficiaries in rural areas.
- Development of house design typologies for adoption by the States/UTs.
- Training to Rural Masons under Rural Mason Training  programme to make available pool of trained rural masons for faster construction of quality houses.
This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 50.86 Cr
India achieves its highest ever Recovery Rate of 97.40%
35,499 Daily New Cases reported in last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload  presently constitutes 1.26% of total cases
Daily Positivity Rate  less than 3% for last 14 days
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage hasexceeded 50.86 Cr. Cumulatively, 50,86,64,759vaccine doses have been administered through 58,79,068sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. 16,11,590vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.
These include:
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,03,32,881
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2nd Dose
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79,82,037
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,82,17,136
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2nd Dose
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1,17,58,909
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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17,67,66,853
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2nd Dose
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1,20,24,776
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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11,18,71,679
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2nd Dose
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4,26,95,084
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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7,84,79,044
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2nd Dose
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3,85,36,360
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Total
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50,86,64,759
The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination has commenced from 21st June, 2021. The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country.
In another positive development, India’s recovery rate has reached 97.40% in the last 24 hours. This is the highest ever recovery rate achieved by India since the start of the pandemic.
Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 3,11,39,457people have already recovered from COVID-19 and39,686patients have recovered in the last 24 hours.
India has reported 35,499daily new cases in the last 24 hours.
Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported since forty-threeconsecutive days. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.
India’s Active Caseload today stands at 4,02,188and active cases now constitute 1.26% of the country's total Positive Cases.
With substantially ramped up testing capacity across the country, a total of 13,71,871tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country. Cumulatively, India has conducted over 48 crore  tests so far.
While on one side testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate currently stands at 2.35% and the Daily Positivity rate stands at 2.59% today. Daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% forlast 14 days and below 5% for 63 consecutive days now.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Nationwide campaign for promotion of Digital Life Certificate for Central Government pensioners in Howrah tomorrow
Kolkata; November 23, 2022
The Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India has launched a nation-wide campaign for promotion of Digital Life Certificate for Central Government pensioners. In November 2021, Dr. Jitendra Singh, the Union Minister of State  had launched the milestone Face Authentication Technique of submitting Life Certificate through any Android Mobile Phone. Now the department has launched a special nation- wide campaign for promoting the Life certificate through Digital mode and for popularizing the Face Authentication technique. All the registered Pensioners’ Associations, Pension Disbursing Banks, Ministries/ Departments of Government of India and CGHS Wellness Centres have been directed to promote the Digital Life Certificate/Face Authentication Technique for submitting Life Certificate by organising special camps for ‘Ease of Living’ of pensioners.
In this series, a Central Government team of officials from Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare shall be visiting Howrah, West Bengal where this campaign shall be organised tomorrow on November 24, 2022 for Central Government pensioners at State Bank of India, Howrah Branch , 9 G.T. Road  , Pin - 711101, West Bengal . All the pensioners can visit the Centre for submitting their Life Certificates through Digital means.
Earlier, life certificates had to be submitted in physical form and for this old pensioners were to stand in queue outside banks for hours. Now, it has become possible at the click of a button from the comfort of their homes. In the process of submission of Life Certificate through Face Authentication by mobile, the details regarding Aadhaar Number, Mobile Number for OTP, PPO Number, Account Number with Bank/Post Office are required for the first time. This facility is also available to the employees of the State Government and the disbursing authority in the form of the Treasury Office of the State.
The central team has urged all the pensioners to visit the centre to submit their life certificates through digital mode.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
PM to interact with Indian athletes’ contingent bound for Tokyo Olympics on 13th July
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will interact with the Indian athletes’ contingent bound for Tokyo Olympics on 13th July at 5 PM via video conferencing.
The interaction by the Prime Minister is an endeavour to motivate the athletes ahead of their participation at the games. He had recently reviewed the preparations for facilitation of India’s contingent at Tokyo-2020. He had also discussed the inspirational journeys of some of the athletes on Mann Ki Baat, besides urging the nation to come forward and wholeheartedly support them.
The event will be attended by Shri Anurag Thakur, Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports; Shri Nisith Pramanik, MoS Youth Affairs and Sports and Shri Kiren Rijiju, Law Minister.
About the Indian Contingent
A total of 126 athletes across 18 sports disciplines from India will be heading to Tokyo. This is the biggest-ever contingent India is sending to any Olympics. The 69 cumulative events across the 18 sport disciplines that India will participate in is also the highest ever for the country.
There are several notable firsts in terms of participation. For the first time in its history, a Fencer from India  has qualified for the Olympic Games. Nethra Kumanan is the first ever female Sailor from India to qualify for an Olympic Games. Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj are the first Swimmers from India to qualify for an Olympic Games by achieving the ‘A’ Qualification Standard in Swimming.
Ministry of Electronics & IT
NeGD Organises 39th CISO Deep Dive Training Programme Under MeitY’s initiative Cyber Surakshit Bharat
Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative of MeitY was conceptualised with the mission to spread awareness about cyber-crime and build capacities of Chief Information Security Officers  and frontline IT officials, across all government departments, for ensuring adequate safety measures to combat the growing menace – Organisations need to defend their digital infrastructures and become future-ready in tackling cyber-attacks.
National e-Governance Division , under its Capacity Building scheme, organised the 39th CISO Deep-Dive training programme from August 7th-11th 2023 with 25 participants from Central Line Ministries at Indian Institute of Public Administration in New Delhi.
The programme was inaugurated by Sh. S.N Tripathi, Director General IIPA, Smt. Savita Utreja, Scientist G  & Group Coordinator, Cyber Security, MeitY, Sh. Rajnish Kumar, Director-Capacity Building & Finance, NeGD, MeitY and Sh. Vinod Kumar Chouhan, Scientist E, Cyber Security, MeitY and Prof. Charru Malhotra, Course Coordinator, IIPA.
The purpose of the program is to spread awareness, build capacity as well as enable Government departments on steps that need to be taken to create a cyber resilient eco system. This programme aims to sensitise and orient participants on cyber safety and security in taking Digital India programme forward for integrated delivery of various Govt. services to citizens, present a holistic information and knowledge and understanding about cyber security, spreading awareness, build capacities as well as enable government departments to look after their cyber hygiene, safety and security.
Launched in 2018, the CISO training is the first-of-its-kind of partnership between the Government and industry consortium under Public Private Partnership  model. Since June 2018 until August 2023, NeGD has efficaciously conducted 39 batches of CISO deep-dive training programmes for over 1,489 CISOs and frontline IT officials.
Ministry of Finance
Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates development works of around Rs 165 crore, including Sub-Projects under Jhelum & Tawi flood recovery projects in Srinagar
Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman today inaugurated works pertaining to Health, Education, Urban infrastructure and disaster management  and also laid the foundation stone for Union Territory  Level Emergency Operation Centre and SCADA control building at Budgam, Kashmir  under the Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Project  during her visit to the UT of Jammu and Kashmir.
The sub-projects are part of the Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Project  which is assisted by a credit of $250 million from the World Bank. The project was started in Jammu and Kashmir in the aftermath of the devastating floods of September 2014 which severely affected low lying areas of Anantnag, Srinagar and adjoining districts causing immense damage to housing, livelihoods and roads and bridges. It has been under implementation by Government of J&K as part of the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s Development Package  for J&K since its effective date of 19.04.2016. The project aims at both restoring essential services disrupted by the floods and improving the design standard and practices to increase resilience.
The high social impact of JTFRP was felt in the COVID-19 pandemic response by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, wherein an amount of $50 million was allocated and utilized for the COVID-19 response, by activating the Contingency Emergency Response Component  under the project. Medical equipment worth Rs. 290 crore and 30 oxygen generating plants at a total cost of Rs. 75 crore were procured thereby giving a boost to the health infrastructure to cope with the challenges posed by the pandemic.
In a significant step towards the self –reliance of the artisans of Jammu and Kashmir, many artisan clusters were developed under this project with an objective of reviving the traditional crafts and providing gainful employment opportunities to youth.
One major recent achievement of the project has been the enlistment of Srinagar city in the UNESCO world creative cities network. Srinagar became one of the 49 cities worldwide to join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network  under the Craft & Folk Arts category which is a moment of pride for all Indians.
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Deep Depression intensified into a Cyclonic Storm " SAGAR" over Gulf of Aden
A depression formed over Gulf of Aden in the evening of yesterday, the 16th May 2018. Moving west-northwestwards it intensified into a deep depression in the early morning and further into a cyclonic storm “Sagar” at 0830 hours IST of today the 17th May 2018 over Gulf of Aden near latitude 13.20N and longitude 48.70E; about 400 km east-northeast of Aden  and 560 km west-northwest of Socotra Islands. It is very likely to intensify slightly further during next 12 hrs. It is very likely to move initially westwards during next 12 hrs and then west-southwestwards during subsequent 24 hrs.
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wind speed 
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Category of cyclonic disturbance
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17/0830
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13.2/48.7
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65-75 gusting to 85
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Cyclonic Storm
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17/1130
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13.2/48.5
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65-75 gusting to 85
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Cyclonic Storm
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17/1730
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13.0/47.6
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70-80 gusting to 90
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Cyclonic Storm
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17/2330
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12.8/47.0
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70-80 gusting to 90
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Cyclonic Storm
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18/0530
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12.7/46.5
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55-65 gusting to 75
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Deep Depression
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18/1730
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12.5/45.2
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45-55 gusting to 65
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Depression
Warning:
 Wind warning:
Gale winds speed reaching 65-75 kmph gusting to 85 kmph is very likely around the system centre covering Gulf of Aden and adjoining areas of westcentral and southwest Arabian Sea during the next 24 hrs and gradual decrease thereafter.
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 Sea condition:
Sea condition will be high around the system centre covering Gulf of Aden and adjoining areas of westcentral and southwest Arabian Sea during the next 24 hrs.
 Fishermen Warning
Fishermen are advised not to venture into Gulf of Aden and adjoining areas of westcentral and southwest Arabian Sea during the next 48 hrs.
Cyclonic Storm “ SAGAR”
Special Service and Features
PM FASAL BIMA INSURANCE SCHEME FOR CROP LOSS TO MITIGATE THE SUFFERINGS OF FARMERS
Scheme offers Rs 1258 crore sum insurance for over 2 lakh hectare crop area in Tamil Nadu
K DEVI PADMANABHAN FIELD PUBLICITY OFFICER TIRUCHIRAPALLI
Food security of the nation is safely in the hands of farmers who toil hard even during pandemic times to ensure bumper harvest. PM Fasal Bima crop insurance scheme ensures that farmers don’t suffer financially due to crop loss. The PMFBY has been restructured with states given option to determine scale of finance at district level as per average yield. Central subsidy will be 30 percent for unirrigated crops and 25 per cent for irrigated areas. Farmers who cultivate pulses should insure their crops at the rate of Rs 327 per acre, ground nut farmers should insure their crops for Rs 540 per acre, maize at the rate of Rs 215 per acre and millet at the rate of Rs 189 per acre before September 30. In Tiruchirapalli, sugarcane farmers are advised to pay premium of Rs 2650 before October 31 for sugarcane under PM crop insurance scheme. Farmers who have taken agriculture crop loans should take insurance in that bank itself. Under the scheme only 2 per cent of the insurance amount for paddy, pulses, ground nut, corn and millet has to be paid and only 5 per cent of total insurance amount for cotton crops. In Tamil Nadu, 2.04 lakh hectare area if agricultural crops are insured under PM Fasal Bima Yojana with sum insurance of Rs 1258 crore so far. The total premium paid is Rs 156 crore out of which central govt paid Rs 58 crore Tamil Nadu govt paid Rs 72 crore and farmers paid Rs 26 crore.
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana  was launched from Kharif 2016 with the aim of supporting production in agriculture by providing an affordable crop insurance. PMFBY aims at supporting sustainable production in agriculture sector by way of providing financial support to farmers suffering crop loss/damages arising out of unforeseen events. The farmers are encouraged to adopt innovative and modern agricultural practices. The scheme is optional for all farmers including farmers who have been sanctioned short-term Seasonal Agricultural Operations loans/Kisan Credit Card for the notified crops. Aadhaar has been made mandatory for availing Crop insurance from Kharif 2017 season onwards.
This year Rs 400 crore has been targeted as agriculture loan and till now Rs 102 crore loan has been given to 13,111 farmers in Tiruchirapalli district. Farmers are always affected by vagaries of nature and government is implementing schemes to help them tide over any crisis. The ultimate aim of newly passed agriculture laws is to give assured income to farmers who toil hard in the field for food security of nation.
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Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Augmentation of City Bus Service Scheme
The Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Kaushal Kishore in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today informed that in order to raise the share of public transport in urban areas, the Government has announced a scheme in the Budget 2021-22 at a cost of ₹18,000 crores to support augmentation of public bus transport services, which will facilitate deployment of innovative PPP models to enable private sector players to finance, acquire, operate and maintain the buses in the country including the State of Andhra Pradesh.
The Scheme has been formulated and due process for approval has commenced. No funds have been sanctioned and utilised for improving associated infrastructure and for Green Urban Mobility Initiative under the Augmentation of City Bus Service Scheme during the last year. The Scheme envisages to provide support for new buses of all fuel types.
Ministry of Defence
Army Persons and Dependents get Enrolled in Electroral Roll as Service Voters
Pune : 10 May 2023
Field Ammunition Depot, Pune in collaboration with Election Commission, Maval, successfully conducted a 'Voter Identity Mela' on 10 and 11 May 2023 to register service persons & dependents as new voters. This exercise was aimed to include the recently transferred persons to Pune Station and provide them an opportunity to exercise their vote as service voters and be a part of the democratic process. The program was organized under the short voter list Reorganization Campaign, in accordance with the instructions of the Election Commission of India for service voters.
Station Commander, Dehu Road inaugurated the event. He lauded the Field Ammunition Depot for imparting quality training during the campaign, making people understand the concept of electronic postal ballot system through motivational video’s and film’s and also appreciated the enthusiastic response received from all ranks and families. The campaign proved to be a huge success wherein 973 persons successfully registered as new voters & 452 voter identity were transferred to exercise their right to vote in the upcoming elections.
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Ministry of Law and Justice
Press Communique
In exercise of the power conferred by clause  of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint S/Shri  Rakesh Mohan Pandey, Advocate and  Radhakishan Agrawal, Judicial Officer as Additional Judges of the Chhattisgarh High Court, for a period of two years with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices.
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Prime Minister attends the National Women Livelihood Meet -2019 at Varanasi
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, attended the National Women Livelihood Meet-2019,held at Deendayal Hastkala Sankul in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, on International Women’s Day.
The Prime Minister visited the exhibition on products manufactured by Self Help Groups aided by Uttar Pradesh Rural Livelihood Mission. He distributed Electric Chaak, Solar Charkha and Honey Warp to women beneficiaries and appreciation letters to five women Self Help Groups. Various women Self Help Groups supported by Deendayal Anthodia Yojana, NRLM-Uttar Pradesh, handedover a cheque of Rs.21 lakh to the Prime Minister,astheir contribution towards ‘Bharat Ke Veer’ Fund.
Paying his respect to all women on International Women’s Day, Prime Minister said that women have an important role in creating New India. He expressed happiness that over65 lakh women from around 75000 locations are participating in the event through video conference. He added that Varanasi is a shining example of women empowerment.
The Prime Minister said thatgovernment is completely committed towards the empowerment of women. He mentioned about the various schemes initiated by the Union Government for the welfare of women and girl children, especially in the fields of health, nutrition, sanitation, education, skill development, self-employment, new gas connections andensuring safety and security of women. He said that maternity leave of six months introduced by the government is one of the best in the world.
Women are given priority in all Union Government schemes, PM said. He added that eleven crore out of the fifteen crore Mudra Loans given out so far, have been given to women.
Appreciating the exceptional work done by Self Help Groups in India, PM said that their work is not only resulting in the betterment of their family but also leading to the development of nation. He said that the government is giving new energy to the Self Help Groups in terms of better bank loans and support systems. Around fifty lakh Self Help Groups covering around six crore women are now present in the country, PM added. He said that the vision of his government is to connect at least one women member in every family with a Self Help Group.
The Prime Minister urged the Self Help Groups to be innovative and understand theirmarket better. He asked them to utilize the GEM portal to sell their products to the Government. Self Help Groups should spread to new sectors wherever there is scope for their involvement, PM said.
The Prime Minister asked women to fully utilize the recently launched Pradhan MantriShramMaan-dhanYojana, as it provides financial security during old age. He also mentioned about the benefits of PM KisanSammanNidhi and Ayushman Bharat Yojana.
The Prime Minister also interacted with the members of Self Help Groups in Varanasi.